Cloud Engineer @ SMX | Simplify Jobs

SMX is seeking a driven and talented Cloud Engineer, with a background in AWS account management and/or DevOps, to join our thriving Cloud Services business unit and work with some of the best Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers in the market. This individual will bring a passion for technology, a strong technical skill set, and proven experience in the development or DevOps space.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Work effectively within a delivery-centric professional services organization
Navigate client-facing engagements and work in tandem with other vendors
Support execution activities across the full project lifecycle
Contribute to technical discussions both internally and with customer or vendor teams
Focus on cloud-native services and optimizing the customer landscape through adoption of these services
Define and engineer solution capabilities that satisfy customer business drivers / requirements and meet service delivery objectives
Produce high-quality, well-written technical documentation, including design plans, implementation diagrams, data flow mappings, and as-built documents

Required Skills/Experience:

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ CI Poly
Mon - Friday on site support in Chantilly, VA
3+ years of experience in a role that encompasses software development, DevOps, or infrastructure automation, as well as systems engineering
Security+ certification
AWS Associate level certification
Linux experience
Basic AWS troubleshooting- IAM roles and policies, account configurations, network issues
Familiar with JIRA, Terraforms and Cloud Formation, deploying updates
Ability to work with Managed Services to help onboard accounts, security patching
Experience developing solutions from scratch using tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Packer, AWS Code* and related products
Ability to build code pipelines and support deployment activities
A good understanding of foundational AWS components (e.g. VPN, Direct Connect, IAM, CloudWatch, "cross account" capabilities)

Desired Skills/Experience:

Experience working across multiple vendors or directly with customer teams in support of common goals
Must have a good understanding of network architectures and should be comfortable dealing with network configurations using scripting
Hands-on experience writing and deploying AWS Lambda functions and/or IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
Demonstrate the ability to improvise solutions and/or build things faster, either with automation or with existing products
Basic knowledge of containers and related services
Basic knowledge of serverless architecture patterns and their components
Basic knowledge of Azure or GCP services

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At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, race, color, age, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or genetic information. SMX is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including disability and veterans.

Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation.

Cloud Engineer

Ts/Sci CI Poly

SMX

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